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Despite Chile's Objections, Pan
American Congrress May Be Held.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The dispatch
from Santiago, Chile, announcing that
the committee on foreign affairs of the
Chamber of Deputies has refused to
grant the funds necessary for the repre
sentation of Chile at the Congress of
American Republics, has attracted much
attention here, and is looked upon as
the result of canvasses which have been
going on among South and Central Ameri
can countries concerning the programme
of the congress, and the extent to which
arbitration would be discussed. A sharp
line of difference has arisen between
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bitration without -any limitation. On the
othor hand, Chile has wished to have the
discussion of arbitration limited to fu
ture Questions. Although the question
has been involved in numerous compli
cations, yet there is expectation that they
will be overcome and the congress held.
Cambria Steel Consolidation.
HARRISBURG, Pa.. Aug. 22. Papers
were iHed at the State Department today
relating to the consolidation and merger
of the Cambria Steel and the Conemaugh
Steel Companies, under the name of the
Cambria Steel Company. The capital is
S50OM008 an Increase of $5,000,000 over tue
Toj'nt capital of the two companies. The
state received a bonus of 51S.O00 on the
-additional capital. TV. F. Robinson is
secretary and treasurer of the new com-sany.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22. The fire
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lantic Refining Company, at Point Breeze,
burned Itself out today. Vice-President
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Motorman Roughly Handled.
NEW YORK. Aug. 22. A determined, ef
fort was made by a mob last night to
lynch Julius Seibel, a motorman, because
his car had killed Julia Emory, 9 years
old. on Madison avenue. The car was
coming down a .steep grade when the
child tried to cross, became frightened
and hesitated, standing in the middle of
the track. The motorman threw on the
brakes, but too late. The little girl was
thrown under the wheels and her head
was crushed.
People Immediately swarmed to the
place, women and children shrieking. The
cry -"lynch him" was raised by the men,
and a concerted attack was made on the
motorman. He was bruised and badly
beaten before a squad of police rescued
him. beating the crowd back with their
clubs. Seibel .was arrested.
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ABUSED THE COURT
Congressman Littlefleld on
the Insular Cases.
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SPOKE TO BAR ASSOCIATION
Tie Maine Man Was Taken to Task
ly a Chicago Lawyer for His At
tack on the Members of the
Supreme Court.
DENVER, Aug. 22. Something of a
sensation was occasioned at today's ss
sion of the American Bar Association by
the address of Congressman Charles E. Lit
tlefleld, of Maine, on the "Insular Cases."
Mr. Littlefleld's address drew forth loud
and long continued applause and a mo
tion was made to tender him a vote of
thanks for It, but this was declared out
of order by the President on the ground
that the speaker is a member of the As
sociation. The view of the mover was
not, however, universal with the mem
bers, for just before recess was taken,
Hon. Adolph Moses, of Chicago, made a
vigorous protest against what he char
acterized as "an unwarranted attack on
the-Supreme Court of the United States."
His remarks were cut short by a point
of order, but his words were greeted with
applause in which a considerable minority
of the convention joined.
The general .council of the Association
has decided that women are not eligible
for membership In the association under
the present constitution. This decision
was reached In the case of Mrs. Jane B.
Ott, of Dyersvllle, la., who had applied
for membership. The council was almost
evenly divided on the question. It was
finally decided to let the matter go over
a year and then take up the question of
appointing a committee to draft an
amendment to the constitution which will
make women eligible.
The Insular Decisions.
"When the morning session opened the
annual address was delivered by Con
gressman Littlefleld. The insular cases,
he said, considered in the manner
In which the results were reached, the
incongruity of the results and the variety
of inconsistent views expressed by the
different members of the court, "are with
out a parallel In our judicial history."
Mr. Littlefleld's conclusion as to Porto
Rico's status Is, briefly:
"So far as the operation of the Consti
tution was concerned, this territory was
to all legal Intents and purposes a part
of the United Svates. 'it matters not how
the Constitution reached the territory so
far as this case was concerned, so long a?
it was there."
Mr. Littlefleld next discussed the 13th
amendment, t$ the Constitution, as it hap
been construed by the,:Suprme;eduri-ln-Porto
Rico and" the Philippines. He quoted
thTame;idment and gave, a history of the
case. Then he said, referring to slavery a9
It existed in the United States:
"The negro cannot be driven out Of the
South. He is vastly the superior of the
Filipino physically," and until the Phil
ippines produce a Fred Douglas or a
Booker T. Washington he has nothing to
fear in an intellectual comparison."
Reports- of the following standing com
mittees were submitted, without being
read: Jurisprudence and law reform, le
gal education and admission to the bar,
commercial law, international law, obit
uary and law reporting, and digesting.
jew Bankrupt Law "Vecded.
The commercial law committee, In its
report, expresses dissatisfaction with the
new bankrupt law, and declares that it
has made strong efforts to secure amend
ments, but In vain. It closes as fol
lows: "Your committee Is still of the opinion,
as expressed In Its former reports:
"1. That a bankrupt law is wise and
beneficial legislation.
"2. That the Ideal bankrupt law Is one
that (a) allows every honest deblor to
procure a speedy discharge from his ob
ligations upon the surrender of all his
property; (b) gives every creditor a com
plete remedy against actual or contem
plated fraud on the part of the debtor;
(c) punishes all fraud on the part of the
debtor or creditor with relentless severity.
, "3. That our present bankrupt law, to
fulfill these conditions, needs careful and
trenchant amendment on the lines that
this association has approved.
"4. That the association should, through
its committee on commercial law for the
ensuing year, continue its line of work'
looking to the perfecting of the bank
ruptcy law."
The report of the committee on obitu
aries showed 30 deaths among the mem
bers during the year.
Littlefleld Called Down.
' At this point Adolph Moses, of Chicago,
created a sensation by making a strong
protest against the charges In Mr. Little
fleld's address. Said he:
"I wish to record my note of dissent to
the general applause which followed the
presentation of the Insular cases by Mr.
Littlefleld. When the matter came to my
attention I looked with a great deal of
pleasure that he had chosen this difficult
subject for the Information of this asso
ciation. I regret to have listened not to a
piece of information, but rather to what
I consider an unwarranted attack on the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
as a member of this association, I wish to
raise my voice in protest against the use
of this platform for a purpose of this
kind. I remember to have read that when
the celebrated cases of Cohen vs. Vir
ginia was decided by Chief Justice Mar
shall he was burned in effigy in the City
of Baltimore. He was denounced in every
courthouse In Virginia, and yet we look
upon that great decision as one of the
vindications of Ihe Government. And that
is not the only Instance where denuncia
tion has followed the action of the Su
preme Court of the United States. Those
who believe with the majority have full
confidence In the sober second thought of
the people of the United States as to the
correctness of this great declslpn. It has
a political aspect, and It is but natural
that all of us free Americans should take
divergent views, but I protest against
the use of this platform on the part of
any man, however capable "
Here Hon. Thomas Patterson, of Penn
sylvania, interposed a point of order,
which was sustained by the president, and
a recess was taken until S o'clock to
night. An Estimate of Hamilton.
When the evening session was called to
order, Henry D. Estabrook, of Chicago,
was Introduced and spoke on "Alexander
Hamilton as a Lawyer." He said:
"Next to the fact that George Wash
ington was what he was, this country
and the world is perhaps most Indebted
to the fact that Alexander Hamilton was
a lawyer. He wasthe head of the Amer
ican bar. Hamilton wasa lawyer. Ham
ilton was a greatscientlst in" the domain
J -of civil law. His mind was acute, logical
f and altogether objective. Hamilton was
an old noy at 18. There is no evidence
that he ever had any boyhood. At the
age of 23, In the midst of war, Hamilton
had felt the necessity for a national con
stitution, and had anticipated many of
the provisions of the Instrument finally
adopted. Hamilton was nobly ambitious,
bnt wisely cautious; sometimes most
tentative when he was really irtost as
sured. Of tributes to his legal abilities
there is no end. John Marshall ranked
him next to Washington, the greatest
character in history."
The concluding paragraphs were quota
tions from Hamilton's contemporaries,
pralplng him as a man, a lawyer and a
statesman.
Mr. Estabrook was followed by Piatt
Rogers, of Denver, who spoke on "The
Law of New Conditions, Illustrated by the
Law of Irrigation-" Mr. Rogers traced
the evolution of laws regarding water
In. the West from the ancient common
law of riparian rights to the present laws
controlling irrigation rights.
Congress of Lawyers.
The committee on memorial from the St.
Louis Exposition reported the following
resolutions, which were adopted:
"Resolved, That a committee composed
of one member from each state and terri
tory of the Union be appointed by the
president of this association to co-operate
with the authorities of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company and the
United States Commission having in
charge the celebration of the centennial
of the purchase by the United States
from France of the Louisiana Territory,
In bringing about the holding of a uni
versal congress of lawyers and jurists at
St. Louis, Mo.. In 1903, on the lines pro
posed In the memorial of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company, presented
at this meeting to this association.
"Resolved, further, That the president
and the executive committee of this as
sociation be required to take all necessary
steps to promote and carry out the plan
of holding such universal congress of
lawyers and jurists.
"Resolved, further, That a copy of these
resolutions and the accompanying report
be transmitted by the president and secre
tary to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company and to the said United States
Commission."
The secretary was instructed to send a
cablegram of congratulation and greet
ing to the International Law Association,
now meeting in Glasgow. '
The report of the John Marshall day
committee was called for, but William A.
Ketcham, of Indianapolis, objected to Its
being read because he, as a member of
the committee, had not seen It. Consider
able feeling was shown by several mem
bers regarding the matter, and the report
was postponed until tomorrow. The meet
ing then took a recess until 10 o'clock
A. M.
Woman and the Bar.
The section of legal education of the
American Bar Association met this after
noon at the1 Tabor Grand Opera-House.
The chairman, Harry B. Hutchinson, of
Ann Arbor, Mich., was absent, and Sena
tor Hiram F. Stevens, of Minnesota, was
called to the chair. In the ..absence of
Secretary George M. Sharp, of Baltlinpre,
Professor J. P. Hall, of California, acted
as secretary.
"Credit for Office Study in Law
Schools" was the subject of a paper by
Harry S. Richards, of theJtowa State Uni
versity. Its .discussion was Jd-by Po-Te3sor-rlIufeJcurorTpcTnel!r
Tnepihlon
expressed by .the paper, and. in. the dis
cussion waA that'Iotfice study for tHe first
year's course should not be encouraged.
Professor William P. Rogers, of Indiana
State University read a paper entitled,
"Is Law a Field for Women's Work?"
Professor Rogers took the position, that
women should be encouraged in the study
of law, although he said her fitness for
the practice of the profession is yet, to a
large extent, an unsolved problem. The
discussion of this paper was opened by
Miss Mary F. Lathrop, of Denver, and
was taken part In by a number of gentle
men. All took about the same view as
that taken by Professor Rogers.
After the appointment of a nominating
committee, the section took a recess until
tomorrow afternoon.
The general council met tonight and
agreed upon the following nominations,
which will be presented to the convention
tomorrow: President, U. M. Rose, Little
Rock, Ark.; secretary, John Hinkley. Bal
timore; treasurer, Francis Rawle, Phila
delphia. Pauper Litigation.
GLASGOW. Aug. 22. Cephu3 Bralnerd,
of New York, presided today at the ses
sion of the International Law Association.
A motion was adopted urging that the
United States and Great Britain, who are
not parties to The Hague Convention,
dealing with -reciprocal rights regarding
pauper litigants, should accede thereto,
and urging tho formation of a bureau
where the poor could obtain counsel free
of charge. It was contended that such a
bureau would put a stop to Improper liti
gation. NEWSDEALERS MEET.
They Want the Prices of Penny Pa
pers Doubled.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. The establish
ment of a publishers' clearing house was
discussed at today's session of the con
vention of the National Association of
Newsdealers, Booksellers and Stationers.
A resolution was adopted reciting that the
book publishers had greatly benefited the
trade by adopting and maintaining stand
ard prices for books, and requesting the
association to establish in this city a
publishers' clearing house for the con
venience of both local and country deal
ers. The convention urged the increase of
the price of the penny morning newspa
pers, on the ground that It was Impossi
ble for the dealers to make a living out of
morning newspapers which they have to
buy at 60 cents a hundred and sell at 1
cent each. The publishers of the New
"tork City papers were asked by resolu
tion introduced by Mr. May, of Paw
tucket, R. I., to increase their retail price
to 2 cents and to furnish the papers to the
dealers at $1 10 a hundred. The publishers
of the evening newspapers were urged to
omit publication on the Fourth of July,
Thanksgiving day," Christmas and New
Year's day. " It was also decided to re
quest that penny newspapers be made
non-returnable and that they be. sold at
50 cents per hundred.
Royal Scottish Clans.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 22. At the 25th bi
ennial convention of the Royal Scottish
Clans today the following officers were
elected: Royal chief, W. H. Steen, Brain
wood, 111.; royal tanlst, Charles Mc
Knlght, Boston; counselor, Mayor George
Taylor, Jr., of London, Canada; royal
treasurer, Peter Kerr, Boston. St. Louis
and Cleveland are candidates for the
next convention, with the odds favoring
St. Louis.
The Gift of Chile.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. The Chilean
training-ship General Bagedulno, with a
numher of cadets recently graduated from
the Naval Academy at Valparaiso, Is ex
pected to .arrive In New York within a
few days. The cadet9 will visit Annapolis.
They are bringing with them a bronze
tablet, the gift of Chile, "to be placed In
the Washington monument.
HELD MOB AT BAY
Alabama Sheriff Saved a
Negro From Lynching.
GOULD NOT WAIT LEGAL HANGING
The Result of the Clash Was That
One of the Leaders of the Mob
Was Killed and Another Was
Fatally Wounded.
ASHEVILLE. Ala.. Aug. 22. One man
was killed and another probably fatally
wounded in a battle here today to save
the negro Jim Brown from the vengeance
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ATTACKED -THE
CONGRESSMAN CHARLES E. LITLEFIELD, OF MAINE, ONE OF THE f
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of a mob, after he had been tried, and
sentenced to be hanged September 20 for
rape. Walter Blankenship was killed and
Arthur Blankenship was fatally and a
small boy, the son of James Hanlev, was
slightly wounded. The Blanken9hips were
brothers and are said to have been . in
town since Monday trying - to stir up
trouble. Walter died within two hours
after being shot, and Arthur is In a pre
carious condition. "
The attempt of the mob to gain posses
sion of the negro followed one of the
swiftest and fastest trials ever witnessed.
The Judge and court officials were on the
defensive to suppress the rising anger of
the crowd, as detail after detail of the
crime was told by witnesses for the state.
There was no evidence for the defense.
As Brown said afterwards In his confes
sion, there was nothing the witnesses he
had summoned could say In his behalf.
The clash with the Sheriff came half an
hour after Judge Pe'lham hadpronouncel
the sentence. By a ruse the courtroom
was cleared of half of its angry occu
pants. The' remaining half was surly and
bent on mischief. At the request of Judge
Pelham, J. L. Garrett, the father of the
girl outraged by the negro, spoke, coun
seling peace. In conclusion he said:
"If you have any respect for my feel
ings. If I can have any weight In your
hearts, let me urge you, as good citizens,
to go home and obey the law, and I will
never cease to thank you from the bot
tom of my heart."
After some difficulty the courtroom was
cleared. Sheriff North thought it unwise
to attempt to take Brown to the jail, a
few blocks away, for the crowd was rap
idly increasing around the front of the
courthouse. Twenty-eight deputies, armed
with nlstnls and shotcuns. were stationed
in the front hall and at the windows of
the courtroom. The first sign or tne out
break came when one man from the out
side, with a pistol In his hapd, started to
mount the stairway. He was followed by
two or three others. Several shots were
exchanged and the mob leaders retreated
to the outside, when two members began
firing- Into the windows. Arthur Blanken
ship was hit first and his brother was
shot while emptying ms revolver in me
direction of the windows above.
A hard rain began falling. The bodle3
of the wounded were removed and tho
crowd scattered about in front of the
stores across the street. The officers took
advantage of this lull and spirited the
negro away in charge of two special
deputies. He was put safely aboard a
freight train for Birmingham.
The crime for which Brown will hang
was committed May. 7, near Springfield,
within a quarter of a mile of the hau9e
of the Garrett's. Brown left the vicinity
at once, first going to Birmingham, then
to Annlston and Atlanta, and finally to
Charleston, S. C. where he was captured.
To Prevent Chinese Smuggling.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The deter
mination of the Treasury Department to
take advantage of the authority given by
the Chinese exclusion act to regulate tho
transit through the United States of
Chinese emigrants bound for other coun
tries was today officially brought to the
attention of the Chinese Legation. The
occasion presented itself when an at
tache of the Legation called upon Assist
ant Secretary Taylor to lay before him a
message received from the Chinese Con
sul at San Francisco, conveying the In
formation that Chinese destined for Mex
ico had been refused the privilege of land
ing at that port.
Mr. Taylor told the attache that the
department had become convinced that
most of the Chinese who had gone Into
Mexico In the past two or three years
had smuggled themselves back across
the border into the United States. He
therefore announced that hereafter the
department would refuse landing permis
sion to Chinese bound for Mexico unless
it could be absolutely satisfied of their
good faith.
FREE BALLOT DEMANDED.
Platform Adopted by Republicans of
Virginia.
ROANOKE, Va Aug. 22.When the Re
publican state convent'on reassembled
this morning ex-Congressman Thorpe,
chairman of the resolutions committee,
presented the platform, which was adopt
ed by acclamation without debate. The
platform Indorses and announces adhesion
to the principles of the National Repub
lican party and Admlnlstrat.on. It de
nounces all attempts to discriminate In
favor of or against citizens of Virginia on
account of race or color. It protests
against the proposition to confer the right
of suffrage on unworthy persons on ac
count of the merits or the achievements
of their ancestors, as tending to create
a privileged class and discrimination
against others equally worthy. It favors
the right of suffrage being left as fixed
by the present Constitution of Virginia,
with such laws and guarantees as will
secure to every qualfled voter a free bal
lot and fair count. It arraigns the Demo-
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SUPREME COURT.
cratic party of , Virginia for the "wilful,
deliberate, debased "and fraudulent elec.
tlons that have been held in this state for
years past." It opposes illegal-combination
of capital and arraigns the Democratic
party of Virginia whenvit had control of
the state government for 15 years for Its
failure to enact any laws or take any
steps to control, prevent or punish such il
legal combinations. It protests against
the scheme to promulgate the new con
stitution without submitting It to the
people. After the platform had been dis
posed of the convention adjourned sine
die.
Virginia Constitutional Convention.
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 22. The Virginia
constitutional convention reassembled to
day, after Its recess of two weeks.
HUGE COPPER COMBINE.
World-Wide Consolidation Reported
From Denver.
DENVER, Aug. 22. The News today
says:
"Mining men of the city accept as Jtrue
the reports that a world-wide copper com
bine has been formed, and competition In
buying copper will no longer be known.
The combine is said to have been effected
between the Amalgamated. Calumet &
(Hecla, Senator Clark and the Roths
childs. Papers have been signed covering
a long term of years. The consolidation
of Interests Is said to be financed by the
National City Bank, of New York, which
is to be made the depository of the con
solidated concerns."
BOSTON, Aug. 22. The officials of the
Calumet & Hecla Company here declined
to make a statement today regarding the
reported formation of a huge copper com
bine. The annual meeting of the company
was held yesterday, but nothing Indicat
ing a transfer of business to a combine
developed. There have been numerous re
ports on tho street here of a further amal
gamation in copper interests, but nothing
official Is available.
NEW YORK, Aug. 22. Financial men
named in connection with the formation
of a world-wide copper combination to
day denied all knowledge of such a com
bination. They say It would be Impossi
ble to harmonize and organize all the con
flicting Interests In copper and that no
body was trying to do so. There were
reports of a large combination In copper.
i but no definite Information as to the com-
panles that are to be included could be
obtained.
MRS. BECKHAM IS BETTER
Her Physicians Believe the Crisis Is
Past.
FRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 22. Physl-
1 clans attending Mrs. J. C. Beckham, wife
of the Governor, pronounce her much
Improved tonight. She was able to eat
a light meal this afternoon, and slept
Intermittently throughout the day.
Mrs. Beckham's fever returned tonight,
her temperature rising to 101. The phy
sicians consider this reaction of little
consequence, however, and think that the
crisis has passed.
Miners Fell Down a Shaft.
LEADVELL.E, Colo., Aug. 22. George
Kline, aged 30, and John Eckstrand, aged
27, miners at the Stevens shaft of the
Iron-Silver "Mining Company, were In
stantly killed by falling 50 feet to the
bottom of the shaft."
DEFICIT MADE GOO
Juggling of Treasury Funds
in Mississippi.
DISCOVERED BY THE GOVERNOR
First Accounting Showed a Shortage
of Over One Hundred Thousand
Dollars; Five Days Later tho
Books Balanced.
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 22. Governor
Longino has Issued a statement of the
condition of the state treasury, showing
that August 15 he found therein, by ac
tual accounting. $677,848 when the books
called for 5840.46S a shortage of $162,620.
Treasurer Stowers was, however, allowed
credit for bills, drafts, etc.. amounting to
J55.C00, leaving the shortage $107,6".'O. The
Governor then states:
"I indulged the hope that the amount of
said shortage would be replaced if op
portunity and time were given before the
result of said count was made public, and
that the state might thus recover the
money without further trouble, explana
tion or loss. I. therefore, in the interest
of the state, enjoined the secrecy of those
present In the whole proceedings, and
agreed with Mr, Stowers that I would
make another count of the money Tues
day, August 20. On the date fixed I made
the said count. It was found that the
cash and drafts on hand balanced with
the books.' whlhc called fos $fi05.9W."
The Governor closes the statement by
envlncr
"The examination of the funds in the
treasury was made a3 required of me by
section 137 of the constitution, and in my
opinion shows a correct statement of the
amounts which should have been in th
treasury on the said 15th and 20th days oC
August, 1901, respectively, and before do
ing or saying anything further in th?
premises I deem it just to Mr. Stowers
(the Treasurer) that he be given lull op
portunity to make such explanation of
the matter as he may see fit."
The publication of this report created
great excitement. Mr. Stowers declined
to make a statement.
NEW GERMAN TARIFF.
Most Important Advances Are on
Food 31aterlals.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The State
Department has received from Coniul
General Mason, at Berlin, a long report
aetting forth In detail the features of the
proposed new German tariff which wm
moat materially affect United States prod
ucts By far the most -Important ot
these is noted in the advance ot trvm
50 to 30Q per cent in the rate on food
materials, meats and live animals The
present treaty rate on wheat of 88 cen's
would be Increased under the new biu
to $154 per 100 kilograms. The t?r
States sent 463,933 metric tons of this
commodity to Germany last year. As to
American manufactures, the most nota
ble advances made by the new bill are m
the rates on bicycles and shoes. An
American bicycle, weighing about
pounds. would pay $3 57 Import duty In
stead of nbout $1 25. as at present. Shoes
would pay about double their present
rate. Mr. Mason states that public dis
cussion of the tariff measure is confined
to two points the alleged Inadequacy of
the proposed- duties on manufactured
products and the effect which the heavy
advances In tho rates on food materials
will have upon the nonagrlcultural popu
lation of Germany.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT NEWS.
Domestic.
Congressman Littlefleld. at the BarAs
elation convention, attacked the United
States Supreme Court. Page 1.
An Alabama Sheriff held a mob at bay
and saved a negro from lynchlng.
Page 1. , .
A shortage of $107,000. In the Mississippi
Treasury was made good. faga i.
nother Idle tlnplate mill at Pittsburg
was started. Page 2.
Sam Strong, the millionaire mineowner,
was killed at Cripple Creek.-Page 3.
Foreign.
A French fleet Is coaling at Toulon for a
descent on Turkey. Page 2.
Venezuelans again invade Colombian ter
ritory. Page 2.
Martial law has been proclaimed in Sas
soun. Page 2.
Sport.
Portland won from Spokane. 5-1. Page 3.
Tacoma defeated Seattle, 15-4. Page 3.
Shamrock was given a trial spin In New
York Bay. Page 3.
Cresceus. at Readvllle. mad" a new
world's record for a final quarter.
Page 3. .
Pacific Coast.
Judee Noyes comes out from Alaska to
explain his connection with the famous
McKenzIe case. Page 4.
The San Francisco strike situation is
practically unchanged. Page 4,
A break Is probable In the big lockout at
the Rossland, B. C. mines.-Page 4.
Oregon has good coking coal, notably the
Coos Bay article. Page 4.
Eight Portland districts petition for free
mail delivery. Page 4.
Yakima Valley. Wash., Irrigation ditch is
to be extended so as to reclaim many
thousands of acres of land. Page 4.
Commercial.
New York stock market is dull, but un-
aertone oi sirens yciow". ..o
September wheat at Chicago is dull, but
closes slightly higher. Page 11.
Steel Trust Is losing heavily on the strike.
Page 11.
Marine.
Pacific Export Lumber Company has
fleet of Ave steamers chartered. Page o.
Manchester Is becoming Important as an
English seaport. Page 5.
Steamship Nome City reports a four
masted schooner stranded on Unlmak
Island. Page 3.
Portland and Vicinity.
Main report of the committee on fran
chises and utilities adopted by the
Charter Commission. Page 12.
United States Marshal Houser authorized
to Incur expense, to demolish Jess 3
Carr's fences surrounding Government
lands. Page 12.
Project to organize a State Board of
Trade to advertise Oregon's resources.
Page 12.
Senator Daly says It is not the Intent of
the school law to fine teachers for not
attending Institute. Page 12.
First body Incinerated at the .Portland
crematorium. Page 12.
David Simon, father of United States
Senator Simon, seriously IK. Page 7.
State Chairman White favors a regular
Democrat to secceed Senator Jones if
there is a change In the chairmanship
cf the Democratic national committee
Page S.